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Home care supply shortage due to mistakes by Ontario Health and Ontario Health atHome, sources say

Kenyon Wallace

Nov 112 min read

Home care supply shortage due to mistakes by Ontario Health and Ontario Health atHome, sources say

Ontario Health atHome says it is doing everything it can to address the situation and “continuing to look for opportunities to stabilize...

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Home-care patients say critical medical supplies have stopped arriving since Ontario government changed distribution system

Kenyon Wallace

Oct 231 min read

Home-care patients say critical medical supplies have stopped arriving since Ontario government changed distribution system

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the government is working with Ontario Health atHome to resolve the “completely unacceptable”...

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Patricia Spindel

Oct 201 min read

Crushing The People Who Care

Family and friend caregivers are the bedrock of Ontario’s caring system. They are also the least valued by the Ontario government. For...

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Ontario Advocacy Consortium

Jul 152 min read

Nursing Home Closures in Toronto

“They aren’t nursing ‘homes’, they are institutions. They aren’t long-term ‘care’ facilities, they are institutions. End the...

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Ford could break Ontario’s fractured home-care system

Erin Ariss

Apr 241 min read

Ford could break Ontario’s fractured home-care system

Just as the province sees an explosion in demand for home care, it is plunging this service into chaos. By Erin Ariss, Fred Hahn and J.P....

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An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting

Isaac Callan

Feb 151 min read

An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting

Posted February 9, 2024 Eighty-five-year-old Dianna Ayotte says she doesn’t think she’ll still be around when Sioux Lookout, Ont., is...

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Can Community Paramedicine Help Alleviate the Strain on Health-Care Systems?

Christian Lopez

Feb 152 min read

Can Community Paramedicine Help Alleviate the Strain on Health-Care Systems?

Patients turn to emergency services because they cannot get care elsewhere. About one-fifth of Canada’s population is 65 years or older....

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Ontario's Community Health Crisis: Urgent Action Required for Staffing Solutions

Ontario Community Health

Dec 18, 20231 min read

Ontario's Community Health Crisis: Urgent Action Required for Staffing Solutions

NEWS PROVIDED BY Ontario Community Health 12 Dec, 2023, 09:00 ET The community health sector is witnessing an exodus of workers to other...

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Nolak P. Khopa

Dec 4, 20231 min read

We might as well be talking to a wall

Our health appears to be solely about us, yet the real focus should be on politicians and their influence on shaping public policy, Nolak...

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Toronto's Vaccine Rollout at Risk: 4 Clinics on the Chopping Block

Nick Westoll

Dec 4, 20231 min read

Toronto's Vaccine Rollout at Risk: 4 Clinics on the Chopping Block

Posted November 28, 2023 6:33 pm. Last Updated November 28, 2023 6:46 pm. It’s been more than two years since the City of Toronto widely...

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How Will Changes to Home Care Affect You and Your Loved Ones?

Ontario Health Coalition

Nov 12, 20235 min read

How Will Changes to Home Care Affect You and Your Loved Ones?

Ontario Health Coalition Home Care: Privatization and Dismantling of Public Control Briefing Note on the Ford Government’s Changes to...

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Lessons from a city that solved the family doctor shortage

André Picard

Oct 22, 20233 min read

Lessons from a city that solved the family doctor shortage

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-lessons-from-a-city-that-solved-the-family-doctor-shortage/ Psst: Don’t tell anyone, but...

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